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Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-09-18

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-09-18, page 01

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Central Ohio's Only
Jewish Newspaper
Reaching Every Home
®lfe ®bta 3^trri0lf §ttramrU
De-voted to American
and
Jewish Ideals
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOL. XV—No. 38
COLUMBUS. OHIO, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
BytheWay
By David Schwartz
British Postoffice Works
Overtime lo Deliver New
Year Cards
Working for Nothing
TIic scene is the office of one of the most proiniuciit Jewish lawyers of the northwest.
Into the olhcc came Goltlstonc (ohvi- uu.sly I cannot tcll his real name).
"1 have come," said Goklstone, "to aslc you to take charge of the legal affairs comiecled with the winding up of my factory, But I must tcll you that I have no money to pay the legal fees." ^ The lawyer, one o£ the highest priced in Ids section of the country, replied:
"Mr. Goldstonc, that's entirely all right,. I shall be very glad to handle all of your legal business free of charge." Loving Yoiir Enemy I sat hack amazed. I liad heard of lawyers doing work before on a philan- thropic ba-sis, but I had never heard of lawyers doing it so readily. And when lawyers who get several hundred dollars a day volunteer their scrvictfe gratis, it begins to he breath-taking.
There must be a darky in the wood¬ pile - "How is it?" I asked.
"I suppose it is a sort of sweet feeling of revenge," replied tlie lawyer.
"Funny revenge," I replied, "to want to do somebody's work for nothing, t wish somebody would wreak similar vengeance upon ine." \ "Yes, I know, it sounds funny,, but I guess that's the real reason behind it, anyway. Want toliear the whole.story?" "Naturally," I replied.
He Was A Failure, They Said "Some twenty jears ago," began the lawyer, "I worked for Goldstone. I was his bookkeeper, and I was fired. It was, I thought, the last straw. I had held several jobs before and had failed at them. When Goldstone fired nie,. 1 thought the game was all up. I walked about jobless cursing the day I was born. I had failed at everything, .All logic seemed lo paint tliat I was good for. noth¬ ing. All logic, seemed to say that suicide was the only- way out.
"In uiy desperation I concluded thai I would make one more try at life, and if- I iailed at that, then I Would give up the battle, and strange as it may secin, I decided to make this last try through the legal profession. I would study law. ,
"When I told my father about it, he laughed. 'You have failed as a simple bookkeeper, and you expect to succeed at law I Don't be crazy.' My father merely ¦ echoed" the opinion of all my ac¬ quaintances. They had given ine up ai. a,hopeless case.
"During the maiiy years of my work, . I had saved up scveraP hundred dollars, which my father had banked for me, and it was with the ntmost difficulty' that 1 finally succeeded in getting this money t0:enable me to cuter a law school.
"When my own family and friends looJced at my future so darkly, I of course could not but help reflect their own appraisal. I was afraid of myself —afraid I^ would not have the courage to go through with my determmation to study law.
'T had been readhig William James then. You remember his chapter on Habit Formation. When one desires to form a new habit or to break an old one, you will recall, he advises that you make as big a noise about -it as possible. The advertisement Uiat you give to it, he rea¬ sons, will make you stand firm, when the temptation comes to give up the strug¬ gle. William James was niy saviour in my moral debacle. I decided to proclaim the fact from the liousetops that I in- teiided to study law, so that 1 would have to go through with it, or bow my head in shame^ "And this is exactly what I did, "Well, you know the rest. I have jbuc- Cficded, far beyond my rosiest expecta¬ tions.
"And now you -can perhaps understand why I get pleasure from doing this man's legal work free. I gives one a sweet feeling to see the fellow who once kicked you out coming to you pleading with hat in hand.'*
Drama in a Penny Arcade I was passing an amuBcnient arcade on State Street, in Chicago. Walking with a Jewish social worker. "There is an interesting story in there," said the social worker.
"Some time ago," began the social worker, "X came in to our office, asking our assistance to „get hini cinploymeni. "He had been employed in a great in¬ dustrial concern, dohig clerical work, and when the depression came, he was one of the first to lose his job. The Jewish charities took care of the family and at the same time sought to find a job for the than.
" "Froin time to time, his wife would also visit the Charities. She was grate¬ ful for the assistance of the "Charities, but^he felt that the Charities in some way should see to it that her husband himself was more assiduous in seeking employment.
'"All day long,* said the wife, 'he does nothing—he sits at the settlement house and plays checkers. And when he gets homo, it's checkers again, He'll wear out the chairs sitting on them playing checkers. Is that a thing for a man who has got a wife and three children?'"
The Mcial worker went down to see X and Tound hini sure enough playing checkers. Yet X was not averse to get¬ ting work. He was willino- to take any kind of work, he said quite sincerely, but untrained at anything except the most routine clerical work. The Charities were making a hard and seemingly futile at- ¦ tempt to locate X.
His wife, meanwhile, had become so aroused at X's checker playing in the face of theli; distress, that one bright day, she smashed the checker board to bits.
The Triumph of the Checker Player That was about two mouths ago. Finally, the Charities found a Job that (Contimied on page 4)
LONDON—(J. T. A.)—A large force of clerks and postmen here have been working overtime continuously in the course of the past few days lo deliver the heavy mail of Rosh 'Mashonah greet¬ ings.
Pustollice authorities here declared to¬ day that (he number of New Year's greetings will this year exceed the num¬ ber sent last year. Over !)00,(JUO cards were distributed last year in the White- chapcl district alone.
'J'he telegraphic olTiccs were al.so kept busy remitting New Year's congratula¬ tions, tralTic being particularly heavy with overseas messages tq and from the United States, South Africa and Canada.
Special postboxcs were placed iu the Whitechapel and other Jewish districts with notices in both Yiddi.^h and English urging the Jews to post their cards early.
Investigation Shows Percen¬ tage of Jewish Criminals Lowest in World
ONLY 1.74% PRISONERS IN U. S. ARE JEWS, STUDY SHOWS
Only, 1.74% of the prisoners In the state prisons and reformatories of the country arc Jews, according to a study made lor the American Jewish Commit¬ tee-by Dr. H. S. Linfield, Director of the Statistical Department of the Com¬ mittee. The study is published in Vol¬ ume 33 of the American Jewish Year Book, just off the press, a joint publica- tion of the Amei'ican Jewish Comniittee and the Jewish. Publication Society of, America. '
During the ten years 1020-1929, Dr. Linfield points out, a total of 394,080 prisoners were received from the courts, at the receiving prisons and reforma¬ tories of all the states of the Union. This number included 6,84,6 Jews, or 1.74%. During the same period, the average perceiltagc of Jews to the total popula¬ tion of the United States was 3.43%; The number of Jews in the prison.s of the country was thus 49.27% smaller than the percentage of Jew:s to the total popu¬ lation of the country. In other words, Jcwsi furnished a little over half of their numerical quota tQ the population of the slate prisons of the United States.
Dr. Linfield also presents figures re¬ garding Jewish inmate.q of prisons^ in a number of foreign^ countries, which nni- fornily show that in these also the ratio, of Jewish prisoners to the total number of prisoners is sinalh Thus, in Poland during 1923-192<i a total of 558,224 pris¬ oners were sentenced by the courts, in¬ cluding 22,307 Jews, or 4.S% of the to¬ tal, whereas the Jews' constituted 10.49% of the total population of the country in 1921; in Roumania, during 192-3-1937, a total of. 158,229 sentenced prisoners were committed to the prisons, including 5,403 Jews, or 3.41% of the total, whereas the Jews constitutecl 5.5% of the total.popu¬ lation in 1925; and in Latvia, during 1925-1929, a total of 47,728 prisoners were sentenced by the civil courts and the courts martial, including 1,G34 Jewe, or .3.41%, whereas the Jews constituted 5% of the total population In the country. These countries, together with the Jewish community of the United States, repre¬ sent. Dr. Linfield points out, 53.61%. of the total Jewish population of the world;', and in each of these countries, the per-, centage of Jews in the prisons is small in comparison with the jwrcentage of Jews to the total population.
The study of the Jews in prisons of the United States comprised an exami¬ nation of all the sentenced prisoners (felons) committed hy the courts during the past ten years, to all the state pris¬ ons and reformatories of the 48 states of the Union. Persons received at the pris¬ ons for safe-keeping as well as those i-e- ceivcd from sources other than the courts, such as those transferred from other institutions, escaped prisoners who had returned or been captured, violators of parole, etc., were Excluded.
Dr. Linfield declares, additional statis¬ tics collected show there were altogether 12C,000/inmates in all the state prisons and reformatories on June 30, 1930, and for some prisons on other dates in that year. Of this total, 1,850, or one and one-half percent, were Jews, whereas the Jewish population of the United States is 3.58% of the total population.
Frankel Library Presented to New Year Services Are Held The Training School for At the Ohio State Penal Jewish Social Work Institutions
NICW YORK!—The family of the late Dr. Lcc K. l^raiikel, Vice-President of The Metroirolitaii Life Insurance Com¬ pany, announced that his library was pre¬ sented to The Training School for Jew¬ ish Social Work, of which Dr. Frankel was a founder and a Vice-President. Dr. Maurice J, Karpf, Director of the School, stated that although the books had not yet heen classified, it was evident that they represent a most valuable col¬ lection of books and/pamphlets and will greatly enrich the library of the School, The books constituted the working li¬ brary, of Dr. Frankel and are expressive of his deej^ interest in social work, pub¬ lic health, Jewish, life the world over, and the social sciences. His library con¬ tained the best works inthese fields. The collection presented to the School will be kept intact and will be known as "The Lcc K. Frankel Metnorial Collection of The Training School for Jewish Social Work."
Tlie School for Jewish Social Work was organized in 1925 by the National Conference of Jewish Social Service, as a national graduate school. Its course of study lasts two years, and admission is limited to holders of the Bachelor's degree. Juliiis Rosenwald of Chicago was the first President of the School,- and Louis E, Kirstein of Filene's in Bos¬ ton is now President. Felix M. War¬ burg is Chairman of the Executive Com- triittce,. Dr, Frankel was a charter mem¬ ber of the School and was a Vice-Presi¬ dent since the beginning.
The School is located at 71 West 47th
Street, The Library is open to all those
interested in social work and Jewish
communal life. It^ will be open to the
public-Septemher 29th,',the opening, day
of the next academic year.
Jewish Infants^ Home Board Meeting Held
The regular monthly meeting of the local Board of Directors of the Jewish Infants' Home of Ohio, was held "at the Home,. 571 E. Rich Street, -. September 9th, The general routine of business was presented and discussed.
Mrs, Harry Kohn/2424 Bexley Park Road, recording secretary; and Mrs.; E. J, Gordon, 6G2 E. Town Street, financial secretary, were chosen to fill the unex¬ pired term of Mrs, E, B, Isaac.
A donation of a bushel of peaches was made by Mrs. I. Topper. The Fel- ber Biscuit Co. and the National Biscuit Co. donated 10 pounds of cookies, each.
New Year services were conducted at the Ohio State Penitentiary for-the Jew-- isli inmates through tlic cooperation of the B'nai D'ritli Social Service Commit¬ tee headed by Jack Myers. On Saturday, Scplember 12lli, services were read hy Jack Myers. He was assisted l)y Leon Berman in tlie reading of the Torah, and also with a choir composed of Misses Minna Volk and Annette Katz. Mr, Morris Sujiran was responsible for the musical service.
During tlic noon hour, a special meal was served by a committee representing the Ezras Noshim Society. This Or-^ ganization has been responsible for the prej)aratioii of this holyday meal each year. Mrs. A. Goldberg is president of tills group.
During tlie afternoon, a program of entcitalninent including vocal selections by inmates and a special movie, was shown for the Jewish inmates. Messrs. Abe Wolman and Dave Peiros, members of the social service committee, assisted in the arrangements.
On Sunday morning, the usual weekly service was' conducted by Jack Myers, assisted by a choir led by Mr. Morris Supran, Misses Minna Volk and An¬ nette Katz participated with duets and solos. .
On Sunday, September 20tli, services will be conducted by Allan Tarshish.
On Monday (Day ofi Atonement) spe¬ cial ficrvices will be conducted the entire day, ending with a special meal prepared by tlie local section, Council pf Jewish Women, ,^fen'lhcrs of the Council So¬ cial Service Committee, headed by Mrs. B. Goldman, will serve.
Members of the B'nai BVith Social .Service Comniittee also conducted New Year services at the London Prison Farm and will conduct the Yom Kippuiu serv¬ ices there on Monday, Sept, 21st.
The general meniliership of the Zion ,Lodge B'nai B'rith Social .Service Com¬ mittee arc Jack Myers, chairman; Mor¬ ris Supran, Abe Wolman, Leon Berman, Dave Peiros, Frank Bayer and Allan Tarshish..
Remove "Merchant of Ve¬ nice" from School Reading List
SYRACUSE—Responding to the in- si.steiit demand of leaders of njnny creeds, thi; Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice'' has been drop|)cd from the lists of re¬ quired reading-ill the public schools here, ilie announceineiit of this revision in the curriculum is made by Dr, Carl G, Al- vcrson, Superintendent of School^.
For a number of years the Jewish leaders here have o()posed the inclusion of this play on the ground that the char¬ acter of Shylock presented a prejudiced opinion of the Jews to the school cliil- drcn.
Tlii.'i matter was taken up last spring at a good-will conference in which rep¬ resentatives of all the faiths participated. A petition, signed by Rev. Dr. B. Clau¬ sen, Professor James S. Shea, G. Aaron, Levy Lewis, and A.' Keating, was then circulated among members of the coni- nuniity and filed) with the Board of Edu¬ cation, protesting against "the unfair and malicious conception of Jews induced by a reading of Shakespeare's description of Shylock."
Jewish Orphan Home Faces
Most Serious Financial
Problem in Years
Fred Lazarus, Jr., President of the
Home, Appeals for Annual
Subscribers
A. Goldberg Addresses Cols. Zionist Membership
Yom Kippur^ Services for Jew¬ ish Members of Legfion
DETROIT—A committee' representing the American Legion, headed by Assist¬ ant Corporation Counsel Nathaniel H. Goldstick and Circuit Judge Harry 'B, Keidan, has arranged for special Yom Kippur services at the Shaarey Zedek building oni Willis and Brush streets, for Jewish members of the American Legion who will be here for the convention open¬ ing on Yom Kippur morning.
Temple Beth El has extended an in¬ vitation to Jewish Legionnaires who may wish to worship under Reform auspices to attend services there, special provi¬ sions being made to accommodate visit¬ ing Legionnaires.
Abraham Gtoldberg, one of the out¬ standing figures ih the Zionist Organi¬ zation of America, was the prlnciiial speaker at the first public meeting of the Columbus Zionist District held at the Agudath Achim Synagog last Tuesday evening.
Mr. Goldberg described the highlights of the World Zionist Congress which was held at Basle, Switzerland, this past Slimmer, and also discussed some of the more important American Zionist prob¬ lems which confront American Zionists today, DK B, W. Abranison also took part in the discussion. This is the first of a series o£ educational meetings to be sponsored by the Columbus Zionist District this coming year. Election of ofiicers for the year 1931-1032 will take place at the next meeting to be an¬ nounced later.
Air. A. Goldberg met with Columbus Zionist leaders on, Wednesday and dis¬ cussed many of the local Zionist probr lems and their possible solution.
Allan Tarshish, president of the Co¬ lumbus Zionist District, was chairman of the meeting.
Elma Ehrlich Levinger to Ad¬ dress Open Meeting of Ha¬ dassah Sept- 29th
Elma Ehrlich I-evinger -who recently returned from a five monthg' trip through the Near East and Europe, will speak at the ojien meeting of Hadassah on the evening of September 29th, at 8 o'clock at the Deshler Wallick Hotel. As it is unlikely that Mrs. Levingcr will repeat the address locally this winter, non-mem bcrs as well' as members are cordially invited to hear her impressions of the Zionist cx|Hrrinient. The title of her talk-will be "Don't Go to Palestine."
White spending 5 weeks in Palestine, Mrs. Levinger made a careful study of the colonie.s and met with outstanding Zionists in Palestine. Mrs. Levinger has ample material for a talk that should interest all Hadassah, Jr, Hadassah and Zionist members as well as friends of the Zionist movement.
Mrs. Levinger is a well known author and playwright, having recently won a prize for her book, "Grapes of Canaan," published by Stratford & Co., Boston.
B'nai B'rith Lodge Holds
First Meeting of Year at
East Broad St. Temple
Zion Lodge No. 02, B'nai B'rith, be¬ gan the 1931-1032 activities with the il^st meeting taking place last Monday eve- niiig at the Broad Street Temple audi¬ torium, with Ben Neustadt, president of the organization, presiding.
Special reports concerning the high¬ lights and experiences at the B'nai B'rith convention held at West Baden, Ind., this summer, were made by the three delegates who attended: Louis Rosen thai, Walter Katz and Justin Sillman.
According to an announcement made by Justin Sillman, who is state presi¬ dent of the Ohio State B'nai B'rith As- sdciation, a meeting of the state organi¬ zation will take place on November 8th, the day following the Navy-Ohio State football game. Plans are being made for a large reception committee" from Co¬ lumbus to welcome, the delegates to the one day conference.
Allan Tarshish, who ' inaugurated the custom of .having a brief resume of cur¬ rent Jewish news, delivered a rapid re¬ view of the oustandiiig events %vhich have concerned Jews in the United States during the past year.' He also com¬ mented on the progrt'ssi\c steps, which have occurred through the efforts of ,the International Order of B'nai B'rith in. cui"bing anti-Semitic outbreaks, on philanthropic activity, and general cul-' tural program.,
The, well received musical program of the evening consisted of vocal selections by. Miss Minna Volk,, accompanied by Miss Sara Parish, violinist, and Miss Sylvia Phillipson on the piano.
The meeting was concluded with the serving of light refreshments and cigars.
American Jew Wills $50,000 To Polish Talmud Torahs
WASAW—(J, T. A.)—A sum of $50,000 was bequeathed to the Orthodox Jewish Sciiools in Poland by an Ameri¬ can Jewish manufacturer, Max Lauter- spiel, according to information received by the Minister of Interior here, from the Polish Consul in New York.
Mr. Lauterspiel waa born in the town¬ ship Mezrich, Poland. Before accumu¬ lating his fortune in America he worked in a leather facttiry in Poland. The ^50,000 bequest is to be distributed among a number of Talmud Torahs in various small townships, under the su- perviiiion of ten Rabbis.
RABBI WERNE'S SERMONS ARE ANNOUNCED
Rabbi Werne's Sermons to be delivered at the Agudath Achim Synagogue, .y«»i- day, Sept. mh (Kol Nidre Night) at 7 p. ra. "The Pattern of a Noble Hu¬ manity."
Mondayi Sept. 2,1j/, 10:30 a. m, at Hazkerath Neshomoth (Memorial Ser¬ vices). "Does this Life End All?"
11:30 to the Junior Congregation, "At- One-Ment".
Satxifday, September 2^tk, the first day of Succoth, 19 a. m, "The Booths in which our Fathers Sought Shelter."
0:30 a. ni, to the Junior Congregation,
"The Feast oflTabcmacIes."
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NOTICE
The name of Mrs. Fred Rosenfeld, 783 S, 18tl^' Street, was inadvertently omitted from the Hadassah Year Book.
Yom Kippur Services at Beth Jacob Congregation
Sabbath Tshuvah services at the Beth Jacob Congregation will be held on Saturday, September 19th, at 10:30 A M. On Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock Rabbi Leopold Grcenw'ald will deliver sermon on a profound Halachic subject pertaining to the High Holiday season.
Vom Kippur Services: Kol Nidre— Sunday, September 20th, at 0:45 R M.
Sermon—7:30 P. M. Monday, Septem¬ ber 2ist. Sermon at 10:30 A. M.
Textile Workers Strike in
Lodz; Hundreds of Jews
Are Affected
WARSAW—rL T. A.)~Sixteen thousand textile workers, including hun¬ dreds of Jews, have declared a strike today in Lodz as a protest against the reduction of their wages.
The textile industry in Lodz has re¬ cently dwindled considerably and little hope is therefore entertained that the strikers will win their demands.
Jr. Sisterhood Sponsors Its
Annual Yom Kippur Dance
Monday Evening
The Junior Sisterhood of the East Broad Street Temple will sponsor a Yom Kippur Night Dance on Monday evening, September 21st, at the Temple, 1354 East Broad Street. Everyone is eagerly look¬ ing forward to this affair which promises to be the best of the season.
Harold Graham's orchestra has been engaged for the dance. This band in¬ cludes some fine specialty entertainers and as a group they surely have plenty of pep. This dance will be the second annual Yom Kippur night affair to he given by the Juniors, the first having, been held last year,.
Miss Sara Polster is chairman in charge of arrangements, and is . be¬ ing assisted by the following committees: Orchestra—Selma Polster; Decorations —Helen Seidenberg; Checkroom—.^n- nctte Katz, Jeanette Stone, Miriam Ber¬ man ; Refreshments—Martha Freireich, Ella Weiss, Golda Levine; Publicity— May Rosen.
No tickets are being sold for the af¬ fair, but a nominal charge of 50c per person will (je made at the door.
A cordial invitation is extended to all to attciul the Yom Kippur Night Dance Monday evening, September 21st, at the Fast Broad Street Temple.
An appeal from "Bellefaire,". ad¬ dressed lo every member of the B'nai B'rith, has no doubt been received by many during the past week. The Cleve¬ land Jewish Orphan, Home, or Belle¬ faire as it is now called, is one of the outstanding Jewish institutions in Amer¬ ica, and deserves the supjiort of every Jew who has the welfare of the unfor¬ tunate at heart.
In a .<;!:atcinent made by Fred Lazarus, Jr., President of the Home," he said, "this financial problem confronting the Home is a most .serious one, since it af¬ fects the care of the children, and the, only sohition will he to enroll a sufficient number of annual subscribers to' defray our accumulated deficit and to meet nec¬ essary expenses for the current year."
At the last District No. 2 B'nai B'rith ; convention held at West Baden, Ind., a resolution was passed pledging the finan¬ cial and moral support of every memher oi the Order to enable Bellefaire to con¬ tinue to care properly for the dependent children of this district. „
Ben Neustadt, President of Zion Lodge No. 62, urges every member of the B'nai B'rih as well as non-members of the Columbus and Central Ohio Jew¬ ish'community, to redeem this pledge by subscribing generously and enlisting the interest and support of their friends on behalf of the Jewish orphans in this great child caring institution located in Cleveland.
For the benefit of those who desire more information, bn the actual status of the_ home the following information is being published:
How Bellefaire Is Maintained
The .cost of maintaining Bellefaire is no greater than it vi-as at the old Home. The financiaf problem has arisen cntlrdy because c^f reduction, in income during the past two years. Belief aire's income . sources arc five in number. This table shows what part of every dollar neces¬ sary to properly care for the children is provided by each source: . , B'nai B'rith, Membership Dues
provides 18c,
Each memher is assessed $2.00 for the inainteiiancc of Bellefaire. Federations provide.....;....... 24c
Thirty-five of our constituent.com¬ munities contribute through a cen¬ tralized fund-raising and dispens¬ ing agency. Interest from Endowment or
Sinking Fund provides 19c
This fund has been built up by be¬ quests, and is invested in accord¬ ance with the rulings of the Grand Lodge.
Relatives provide. - Ic
Relatives, who are able, contribute to tlie maintenance of their chil¬ dren. Individual Memberships provide 14c For many years a large number of i^ndividuals throughout the country have helped to maintain Bellefaire.
Freiburg Passiooi Play to
Be Presented in Montreal
MONTREAl^The Freiburg Passion play, visualizing the life and deeds of Jesus Christ, will be presented in Mon¬ treal during the week of September 21st, with a cast of nearly a t|iousand partic¬ ipants. The cast includes a large choir and a host of sui>ernuineraries.
Many local charitable and benevolent sccieties are siwnsoring the event and will benefit from the expected large pro¬ ceeds.
Total provided for every dollar needed ..-. -• - 'Gc
From the above it will be seen that 24 percent of the amount required to prop¬ erly care for the children is lacking. Bellefaire cannot i;ontInue to borrow funds to make up this deficit, nor can she afiford to lower the standards^ of child care which have been rnaintained during the past sixty-three years; The following classes of membership have been established at Bellefaire to help this situation:
Patron Memher..... $100,00
Sustaining Member.. 50.00
Associate Member.. 25.00
¦ Donor ..: 10.00
Subscriber ¦¦ 3.00
Columbus Women's Club An¬ nual Jubilee Luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 29th
The third annual Jubilee Luncheon sponsored by the Columbus Woinen's Club, will be held on Tuesday, September 29fh, at 12 o'clock, in the Grand Ball Room of the Deshler Wallick Hotel. This is a civic project, having for its object the betterment of Columbus.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish will he the guest speaker at this luncheon. Tickets selling at ILOO per plate may be had by calling Mrs. . W. Loeb, FA. 5833.
Members of Bryden Rd. Tem¬ ple Asked to Keep These Dates Before Them ,
Sabbath of Repentance;
Friday evening, Sept. 18th, at 8.:00 o'clock.
Saturday morning. Sept I9th, at il :00 . o'clock. Day of Atonement:
Sunday evening, Sept. 20th, at 7:30 o'clock.
Monday morning, Sept. 21st, at 9:30 o'clock. Children's Service;
Monday afternoon, Sept, 2l6t, at l:4tS- o'clock.
Readings from Afternoon Service at
30 o'clock.
Memorial service at 3:00 o'clock.
Concluding service at 4:00 o'clock.
Reception for New Membeni.
Sukkoth evening, Friday, Sept. 25th, at 8:00 o'clock. Cbildren's SUkkotb Service:
Saturday morning. Sept. 26th, at 11:00 o'clock. , ';'.
The congregation after both of thiMC services vvill adjourn to the Vestry Room where the Sisterhood Religious CoiBinit-' tee lias erected a beautiful Sukkah, an^ light refreshments will be served.
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOL. XV—No. 38
COLUMBUS. OHIO, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
BytheWay
By David Schwartz
British Postoffice Works
Overtime lo Deliver New
Year Cards
Working for Nothing
TIic scene is the office of one of the most proiniuciit Jewish lawyers of the northwest.
Into the olhcc came Goltlstonc (ohvi- uu.sly I cannot tcll his real name).
"1 have come," said Goklstone, "to aslc you to take charge of the legal affairs comiecled with the winding up of my factory, But I must tcll you that I have no money to pay the legal fees." ^ The lawyer, one o£ the highest priced in Ids section of the country, replied:
"Mr. Goldstonc, that's entirely all right,. I shall be very glad to handle all of your legal business free of charge." Loving Yoiir Enemy I sat hack amazed. I liad heard of lawyers doing work before on a philan- thropic ba-sis, but I had never heard of lawyers doing it so readily. And when lawyers who get several hundred dollars a day volunteer their scrvictfe gratis, it begins to he breath-taking.
There must be a darky in the wood¬ pile - "How is it?" I asked.
"I suppose it is a sort of sweet feeling of revenge," replied tlie lawyer.
"Funny revenge," I replied, "to want to do somebody's work for nothing, t wish somebody would wreak similar vengeance upon ine." \ "Yes, I know, it sounds funny,, but I guess that's the real reason behind it, anyway. Want toliear the whole.story?" "Naturally," I replied.
He Was A Failure, They Said "Some twenty jears ago," began the lawyer, "I worked for Goldstone. I was his bookkeeper, and I was fired. It was, I thought, the last straw. I had held several jobs before and had failed at them. When Goldstone fired nie,. 1 thought the game was all up. I walked about jobless cursing the day I was born. I had failed at everything, .All logic seemed lo paint tliat I was good for. noth¬ ing. All logic, seemed to say that suicide was the only- way out.
"In uiy desperation I concluded thai I would make one more try at life, and if- I iailed at that, then I Would give up the battle, and strange as it may secin, I decided to make this last try through the legal profession. I would study law. ,
"When I told my father about it, he laughed. 'You have failed as a simple bookkeeper, and you expect to succeed at law I Don't be crazy.' My father merely ¦ echoed" the opinion of all my ac¬ quaintances. They had given ine up ai. a,hopeless case.
"During the maiiy years of my work, . I had saved up scveraP hundred dollars, which my father had banked for me, and it was with the ntmost difficulty' that 1 finally succeeded in getting this money t0:enable me to cuter a law school.
"When my own family and friends looJced at my future so darkly, I of course could not but help reflect their own appraisal. I was afraid of myself —afraid I^ would not have the courage to go through with my determmation to study law.
'T had been readhig William James then. You remember his chapter on Habit Formation. When one desires to form a new habit or to break an old one, you will recall, he advises that you make as big a noise about -it as possible. The advertisement Uiat you give to it, he rea¬ sons, will make you stand firm, when the temptation comes to give up the strug¬ gle. William James was niy saviour in my moral debacle. I decided to proclaim the fact from the liousetops that I in- teiided to study law, so that 1 would have to go through with it, or bow my head in shame^ "And this is exactly what I did, "Well, you know the rest. I have jbuc- Cficded, far beyond my rosiest expecta¬ tions.
"And now you -can perhaps understand why I get pleasure from doing this man's legal work free. I gives one a sweet feeling to see the fellow who once kicked you out coming to you pleading with hat in hand.'*
Drama in a Penny Arcade I was passing an amuBcnient arcade on State Street, in Chicago. Walking with a Jewish social worker. "There is an interesting story in there," said the social worker.
"Some time ago," began the social worker, "X came in to our office, asking our assistance to „get hini cinploymeni. "He had been employed in a great in¬ dustrial concern, dohig clerical work, and when the depression came, he was one of the first to lose his job. The Jewish charities took care of the family and at the same time sought to find a job for the than.
" "Froin time to time, his wife would also visit the Charities. She was grate¬ ful for the assistance of the "Charities, but^he felt that the Charities in some way should see to it that her husband himself was more assiduous in seeking employment.
'"All day long,* said the wife, 'he does nothing—he sits at the settlement house and plays checkers. And when he gets homo, it's checkers again, He'll wear out the chairs sitting on them playing checkers. Is that a thing for a man who has got a wife and three children?'"
The Mcial worker went down to see X and Tound hini sure enough playing checkers. Yet X was not averse to get¬ ting work. He was willino- to take any kind of work, he said quite sincerely, but untrained at anything except the most routine clerical work. The Charities were making a hard and seemingly futile at- ¦ tempt to locate X.
His wife, meanwhile, had become so aroused at X's checker playing in the face of theli; distress, that one bright day, she smashed the checker board to bits.
The Triumph of the Checker Player That was about two mouths ago. Finally, the Charities found a Job that (Contimied on page 4)
LONDON—(J. T. A.)—A large force of clerks and postmen here have been working overtime continuously in the course of the past few days lo deliver the heavy mail of Rosh 'Mashonah greet¬ ings.
Pustollice authorities here declared to¬ day that (he number of New Year's greetings will this year exceed the num¬ ber sent last year. Over !)00,(JUO cards were distributed last year in the White- chapcl district alone.
'J'he telegraphic olTiccs were al.so kept busy remitting New Year's congratula¬ tions, tralTic being particularly heavy with overseas messages tq and from the United States, South Africa and Canada.
Special postboxcs were placed iu the Whitechapel and other Jewish districts with notices in both Yiddi.^h and English urging the Jews to post their cards early.
Investigation Shows Percen¬ tage of Jewish Criminals Lowest in World
ONLY 1.74% PRISONERS IN U. S. ARE JEWS, STUDY SHOWS
Only, 1.74% of the prisoners In the state prisons and reformatories of the country arc Jews, according to a study made lor the American Jewish Commit¬ tee-by Dr. H. S. Linfield, Director of the Statistical Department of the Com¬ mittee. The study is published in Vol¬ ume 33 of the American Jewish Year Book, just off the press, a joint publica- tion of the Amei'ican Jewish Comniittee and the Jewish. Publication Society of, America. '
During the ten years 1020-1929, Dr. Linfield points out, a total of 394,080 prisoners were received from the courts, at the receiving prisons and reforma¬ tories of all the states of the Union. This number included 6,84,6 Jews, or 1.74%. During the same period, the average perceiltagc of Jews to the total popula¬ tion of the United States was 3.43%; The number of Jews in the prison.s of the country was thus 49.27% smaller than the percentage of Jew:s to the total popu¬ lation of the country. In other words, Jcwsi furnished a little over half of their numerical quota tQ the population of the slate prisons of the United States.
Dr. Linfield also presents figures re¬ garding Jewish inmate.q of prisons^ in a number of foreign^ countries, which nni- fornily show that in these also the ratio, of Jewish prisoners to the total number of prisoners is sinalh Thus, in Poland during 1923-192ernuineraries.
Many local charitable and benevolent sccieties are siwnsoring the event and will benefit from the expected large pro¬ ceeds.
Total provided for every dollar needed ..-. -• - 'Gc
From the above it will be seen that 24 percent of the amount required to prop¬ erly care for the children is lacking. Bellefaire cannot i;ontInue to borrow funds to make up this deficit, nor can she afiford to lower the standards^ of child care which have been rnaintained during the past sixty-three years; The following classes of membership have been established at Bellefaire to help this situation:
Patron Memher..... $100,00
Sustaining Member.. 50.00
Associate Member.. 25.00
¦ Donor ..: 10.00
Subscriber ¦¦ 3.00
Columbus Women's Club An¬ nual Jubilee Luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 29th
The third annual Jubilee Luncheon sponsored by the Columbus Woinen's Club, will be held on Tuesday, September 29fh, at 12 o'clock, in the Grand Ball Room of the Deshler Wallick Hotel. This is a civic project, having for its object the betterment of Columbus.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish will he the guest speaker at this luncheon. Tickets selling at ILOO per plate may be had by calling Mrs. . W. Loeb, FA. 5833.
Members of Bryden Rd. Tem¬ ple Asked to Keep These Dates Before Them ,
Sabbath of Repentance;
Friday evening, Sept. 18th, at 8.:00 o'clock.
Saturday morning. Sept I9th, at il :00 . o'clock. Day of Atonement:
Sunday evening, Sept. 20th, at 7:30 o'clock.
Monday morning, Sept. 21st, at 9:30 o'clock. Children's Service;
Monday afternoon, Sept, 2l6t, at l:4tS- o'clock.
Readings from Afternoon Service at
30 o'clock.
Memorial service at 3:00 o'clock.
Concluding service at 4:00 o'clock.
Reception for New Membeni.
Sukkoth evening, Friday, Sept. 25th, at 8:00 o'clock. Cbildren's SUkkotb Service:
Saturday morning. Sept. 26th, at 11:00 o'clock. , ';'.
The congregation after both of thiMC services vvill adjourn to the Vestry Room where the Sisterhood Religious CoiBinit-' tee lias erected a beautiful Sukkah, an^ light refreshments will be served.
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